Indian Oil Corporation is keen on acquiring stake in three refineries in Nigeria and is eyeing refinery turnaround jobs in African and West Asian countries.
The many moods of the fans at the World Cup in Russia
Hong Kong held China to a nil-nil draw in a World Cup qualifying soccer match on Tuesday played amid lingering political tensions between the two sides after last year's massive pro-democracy protests in the financial hub.
A large Dhruv order could significantly boost Indian defence exports. These have grown from Rs 1,940 crore in 2014-2015 to Rs 10,745 crore in 2018-2019.
India needs administrative reforms that make it easy for investors to do business in the country. Currently, it is more difficult to do business in India than in Rwanda, Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
Italy, Greece, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey also figure in the list released by Pompeo, who said over 20 countries have cut their oil imports from Iran, reducing purchases by more than one million barrels per day.
John Obi Mikel's value to Chelsea often goes unrecognised by the media and by fans of the European champions but manager Roberto Di Matteo says the Nigeria midfielder is one of the club's unsung heroes.
Jammu and Kashmir is most impacted by terrorism in 2018, with 321 attacks, resulting in 123 deaths while Chhattisgarh suffered 138 attacks in 2018, resulting in 123 deaths, reports Ajai Shukla.
Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona was released from hospital after being admitted earlier on Friday with internal bleeding in the stomach which was discovered during routine examinations, his daughter Dalma said.
The world's largest pharmaceutical company is accused of carrying out drug trials of Trovan -- an antibiotic -- on Nigerian children injuring and killing them.
Favourites Ivory Coast step back into the African Nations Cup spotlight on Sunday, spoilt for choice as they meet Nigeria in the quarter-finals in Rustenburg.
The Indian ace has won six titles in 2004 and looks set for a successful transition from a promising potential to a true champion.
'As an actor, I think about the beauty of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.'
The State Bank of India will have to pump in over $85 million if it wants to maintain majority stake in its subsidiary in Nigeria, Indo-Nigerian Bank Ltd in order to comply with the new diktats announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Adjudged the best goalkeeper at the South American U-17 Championship in March, Borquez had a clean slate in four games to help his side secure a FIFA U-17 World Cup qualification for the first time since 1997.
Two goals from Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba sparked a riot in Senegal on Saturday forcing the abandonment of the biggest African Nations Cup qualifier of the weekend after police fired tear gas in the stadium. The trouble in Dakar overshadowed qualification for Ghana, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and holders Zambia who are all through to the finals in South Africa in January.
The AFA thanked 58-year-old Sampaoli and his assistants, who have also left their positions, for their services.
The plight of the 17 Indian sailors aboard a chemical taker 'Royal Grace', who have been held hostage by Somali pirates since March 2, 2012, can only be described as hellish. The ship was hijacked when it was sailing to Nigeria from Dubai -- there are 22 hostages onboard -- of whom 17 are Indians. Vicky Nanjappa reports.
Lines up a $1-billion capital expenditure plan for exploration purposes abroad.
During the first six months of the financial year, the country's exports dipped by 6.79 per cent to $143.6 billion from $154.1 billion in the same period last year.
Check out India's schedule on Day 1 of Commonwealth Games.
The callousness with which these political dissidents are being treated goes against the Supreme Court's directive, given right at the beginning of the lockdown. The apex court had directed states to release prisoners to decongest jails, which had become hotspots of the coronavirus.
Saudi club Al-Hilal have furiously demanded a formal probe into the appointment of the referees for the Asian Champions League final, which they lost 1-0 on aggregate to Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers last weekend.
Didier Deschamps, for whom a 0-0 draw with Denmark was 'mission accomplished' as his side finished top of Group C ahead of the Danes.
Almost one million Pakistani children were left uncovered in the latest anti-polio campaign conducted this week, with nearly 79,000 missing the vaccine in Karachi, according to official figures.
Tunisia fear facing England's 'most dangerous weapon'" - attacking midfielder Dele Alli - but the North Africans will be pushing for an upset in their opening game on Monday, said coach Nabil Maaloul.
Despite an abundance of individual talent, Argentina have looked anything but impressive during Sampaoli's year in charge and their 1-1 draw against the World Cup debutants, including a missed Lionel Messi penalty, was another frustrating afternoon.
Egypt beat Ghana 1-0 while South Africa routed Nigeria in the men's hockey play-off matches at the Afro-Asian Games on Wednesday.
All 23 Indian sailors aboard an oil tanker were safe on Wednesday after the Nigerian navy rescued their vessel that was hijacked briefly by pirates off the coast of southern Nigeria.
In the third such attack in over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the Singapore-owned vessel, MT Abu Dhabi Star, was taken over by pirates on Tuesday night when it was sailing towards the open sea.
Medal table from the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
A Nigerian court has sentenced three Indians of a Lagos-based company to one-month imprisonment each for disobeying its orders.
As the American Presidential elections entered its most heated phase, a senior White House adviser, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 campaign, was found to have accepted a USD 100,000 speaking fee in 2010 from an affiliate of a company doing business with Iran.
After registering a case of alleged violation of Information Technology Act, the CBI carried out searches at five locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Noida and Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Argentina moved top as South America dominated the monthly FIFA rankings on Thursday with five teams, half of the continent's total, in the top 10.
News of all that transpired on and off the cricket field
It will have made uneasy viewing for coach Jorge Sampaoli and emphasised more than ever how reliant his side are on their talisman Messi, who has been struggling with a muscle problem.
Rediff.com takes a look at some of the disastrous air crashes.
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